"A Sea of Blood"
Disclaimer/Author's
Note:
This fic was challenged to
me. Bare with me as this will be a difficult fic due to having to
incorporate three seasons of PR into one fic so just bare with me if
it takes forever for me to update. I don't own the characters and so
on and so forth...
Pairings: Andros/Ashley, Zhane/Karone, Dustin/Marah, Conner/Kira, Blake/Tori
Genre: Drama/Suspense/Horror/Romance
Rating: T
The Message
The Space rangers were finally enjoying a well deserved day off when a strange message came in over the viewing screen. "Hey, guys, take a look at this..." Andros mentioned to the others at the sight of it. Congregating around the screen, the others were astounded by the message. "What's it say?" Asked Cassie. Unsure of what it said, Andros replied "I don't know. D.E.C.A., decode the message." Unable to process the message, D.E.C.A. replied "Unable to decode message." Impressed that the language the message was written in was so complex that even D.E.C.A. couldn't decode it, T.J. asked "What?" Knowing the importance of decoding the message, Ashley remarked "We have to find out what that message says..." Understanding that she was right, Andros thought of ways to decode it. Finally it came to him. "I know how we can find out...D.E.C.A., plot a course for Earth." Obeying the command, D.E.C.A. replied "Course plotted." Confused as to what Andros was doing, Zhane asked "What's gonna help us on Earth?" Explaining his course of action, Andros replied "I know someone on Earth who may be able to help us..."
Meanwhile, back in Reefside, the rangers were also enjoying a hard-earned day off. "Man, I'm glad Mesogog finally lightened up on us for a while..." Conner Mcknight noted, indicating Mesogog's dormancy. Agreeing with the red ranger, his girlfriend, Kira Ford replied "You're telling me? I haven't been able to relax and really enjoy myself like this for weeks..." All the rangers had to agree. It had been awhile since they'd last been able to relax. Though, the relaxation was short lived as a large blue spaceship landed a few hundred yards away from them. Going into SciFi freak mode, Ethan James commented "Whoa! Now that was sick!" Knowing what they had to do, Conner took charge of the situation as he added "Let's go check it out." Approaching the ship, they noticed six people in strange uniforms who appeared to be their age exit the craft and approach them. Meeting them in the middle, Conner remarked "Who are you guys?"
"We're the Astro rangers. And we need your help." Andros replied. Recognizing Andros from his past, Tommy remarked "Andros?" Also recognizing Tommy, Andros approached him "Tommy. It's good to see you again. I just wish it were under better circumstances." Confused as to what was going on, Kira asked "Wait, you two know each other?" Turning to face the young yellow ranger, Andros replied "Yes. Tommy and I go way back." Seeming to ignore Kira's question, Tommy introduced the rest of his team. "Andros, this is my team-The Dino Thunder Rangers-Conner McKnight, our red ranger. Kira Ford, our yellow ranger. Trent Fernandez, our white ranger. And Ethan James, our blue ranger."
Following Tommy's lead, Andros introduced his team-though Tommy already knew them. "As I said before, I'm Andros and this is my team. Ashley, Zhane, Cassie, T.J. and Carlos." Shaking hands with the Dino rangers, they all said their 'Hi's' and 'Nice to meet you's'. Getting back to buisiness, Andros stated "Listen, Tommy. The reason we're here is, we intercepted this message on the Mega Ship and we can't decode it. We were hoping you could help us." Thinking a moment, Tommy took the Astro rangers back to the lab where Hayley had been waiting for them.
"I thought you guys were taking the day off?" She asked. Sighing, Conner replied "We were..." Ignoring Conner's response, Tommy handed Hayley the disk the message had been saved on. "Hayley, we need you to help us decode this message Andros and his team intercepted..." He commented. Taking the disk from Tommy as she inserted it into the computer, Hayley replied "Sure, it should only take a couple of minutes..." Spreading out throughout the lab, the rangers all waited for Hayley to signify that the message had been decoded. Turning to Conner, Kira asked "I wonder what it says..." Not having a clue what it was himself, Conner simply replied "Could be any number of things." Adding in his opinions, Ethan stated "No lie...There's no telling what it could be..." A few minutes later, Hayley finally had the message decoded.
"You guys are never gonna believe this..." Hayley remarked at the sight of the decoded message. Gathering around the computer, the others couldn't believe what they saw. "Please tell me this isn't what I think it is..." Kira was the first to comment. It was as though she had read all their minds. Nodding her head, Hayley added reluctantly "I'm afraid so..." What they saw before them, shook them all down to the core...a death warrant with all of their names (and a few others) on it.
"How'd they find out who we are?" Trent asked, breaking the silence that had befallen them. Not even sure of the answer herself, Hayley replied "I have no idea..." Thinking a moment, she realized something. "I have to contact the Ninja rangers..." With that, Hayley made the adjustments to the computer to reach the Wind Ninja Academy where a young almost asian looking male responded with several teens behind him.
Breathlessly, the man answered "What's goin' on, Hayley?" Realizing that something was going on, Hayley asked "Is everything okay, Cam?" Listening to her question while ushering the others inside and out of danger, Cam replied "Not exactly...The academy's under attack...We're all that's left..." Halyley looked around at the small group of teens surrounding Cam as she thought to herself Shit! It's already happening...Snapping out of her trance, Hayley instructed "Cam, get yourself and the others with you down here now! There's something you need to see. I think it'll explain everything going on at the academy." Rounding up all the others around him, Cam replied "All right, Hayley, we'll be right there."
Turning to face the others, Hayley stated "Well, there's nothing we can really do right now but wait..." No sooner had she said those words than the ninja rangers had appeared in the lab with Sensei and Marah. Approaching Cam and Sensei, Hayley asked "What was going on at the academy?" Not really sure of the full story, Cam replied "I'm not sure...All I know is there were these wierd creatures I've never seen before attacking the academy-killing everyone in sight. We managed to escape down to Ninja Ops." Noticing Marah looked upset, Kira approached her and Dustin-who had his arm around her shoulders trying to comfort her.
Resting a hand on Marah's shoulder, Kira bent down to face her eye-to-eye. "Hey...You okay?..." She asked gently. Saying nothing, Marah just continued to sob as Dustin lead Kira out of Marah's earshot and explained the story of what had happened. Dropping his voice slightly to prevent Marah from over hearing them, Dustin explained "Look, Kira...Marah's upset because, back at the academy, some wierd freaky looking creatures attacked and started killing everyone in sight...Including Marah's sister, Kapri..." Unable to believe everything that had happened, Kira clasped her hand over her mouth as she replied "Oh my God..." Dropping her hand, she replied "Dustin, I'm sorry...I didn't know..." Resting a hand on her shoulder, Dustin assured her "It's okay...You couldn't have known..." Realizing what was going on, Kira dropped her voice to scarcely above a whisper as she muttered nearly in-audibly "It's happening..." Not hearing the last part, Dustin asked "I'm sorry?..." Speaking up slightly, Kira repeated "It's happening..." Confused, Dustin asked "What's happening?" Kira explained "The reason Hayley wanted you guys to come down here is because the Astro Rangers..." Kira paused to indicate the other rangers in the lab that the ninja rangers didn't recognize before she continued "...Received this message. When we decoded the message, we found out it was a hit list with all our names on it..." Just then, Conner noticed the conversation, and noticed Kira looked upset.
Approaching her and Dustin, Conner wrapped an arm around her shoulders and asked her "Hey, you okay?" Turning to Conner, Kira simply replied "Conner, it's happening...Whoever made that list is out filling it..." Confused, Conner asked "How do you know that?" Cutting in, Dustin pointed over to where Marah was sitting and explained "Because...There were these freaky lookin' creatures at the academy attacking and killing everyone in sight...Including Marah's sister, Kapri..." Making the connection, Conner stated "We have to tell the others...I mean, who knows who could be next..." Looking back at Marah, Dustin replied "You guys go...I'm gonna stay with her." Nodding her understanding, Kira replied "Of course..." Turning back to go back to Marah, Dustin just sat down beside her and held her close to him while she continued to cry. Making their way over to Hayley and the others, Kira couldn't help but feel sorry for Marah.
As she and Conner approached Hayley and the others, they soon discovered that they already knew about Kapri. "I assume you two heard..." Tommy stated grimly as the young couple approached. Silently, they just nodded their reply as Conner stated "Yeah, Dustin just told us..." Knowing it was just a matter of time before the next murder took place, Hayley stated "You guys, we need to come up with a plan...And fast...Before anyone else dies..."
